Overview

• Clarissa Ward, a CNN correspondent, and her team were detained by a militia in North Darfur while covering the region's humanitarian crisis.
• The militia, led by a man known as 'the general,' suspected the crew of being spies and held them under armed guard for two days.
• Ward and her crew were interrogated in a small, windowless room and later held outdoors under acacia trees, guarded by soldiers, some as young as 14.
• During their captivity, the militia contacted the journalists' families, threatening prolonged detention if they spoke of the situation.
• After being cleared of suspicion, the crew was released but expressed disappointment at not being able to complete their reporting mission in Tawila.